The price of freedom
The main charracter in the story, is not a part of the show. I chose to build the story around her, and D'Jok because these two have a lot to do in their lives, and are still young. We will follow D'Jok, on his way to taking his fathers position as the chief of the pirates, and young Rose, a girl with no past, or memory of who she is. As the story progress, the oc will become clearer. I hope you'll rewiew actively on this, cause i'm not sure how it will progress at this point.
Chapter 1: The girl without memory..
How did she end up here? Last thing she remembered, she was in her bedroom, in her home. She sat up. The landscape was the one of a barron wasteland. Rocks. Dust. It looked like pictures she had seen, from the flux wars that roamed a few decades ago. Only, this place looked desolate. She found herself alone. She couldn't remember anything. Who was she? Not even her name, she could remember. Tears of hopelessness filled her eyes.
«Where am I?»
Her being alone, there was no one to reply.
«And, who am I?»...
«Sonny, you need to take D'Jok with you!» Maya's face was the one out of pure fear.
Sonny frowned when he saw that.
«Don't worry Maya, I'll take care of him. Now, tell me what's happened» Sonny said in a calm voice, to try to calm the frightened fostermother of his son down.
«I keep having these reoccuring visions, if D'Jok stays, Technoid will harm him».
« They'd be wise not to» said Sonny.
«But, it's not the worst Sonny. You need to be careful».
Sonny had to smile when he heard that. His friends kept telling him that all the time. They all knew Sonny's infamous intuition. He sensed danger before it hit. If Maya warned him, she knew more than she was telling.
«Why do you say that Maya? You know I'm always careful».
«Sonny, I can't see clarly, but you're in danger. All i ask, is that you watch your back».
Sonny nodded.
«Ok, have D'Jok ready, I'll come personally to pick him up»..
D'Jok was nervous. Maya was scared. And why would she ask Sonny to take him to Shiloh? D'Jok wanted answers, and no one would tell him anything.
A hand carefully landed on his shoulder.
«Don't worry Son, it's me».
Sonny!
«Dad!»
Sonny looked at him.
«We don't have a lot of time. Technoid is out on patrol tonight. We have to lay low» he told his son.
D'Jok didn't ask. He knew who Technoid were looking for. Not that it surprised him. The standing bounty for Sonny's capture, was now at a staggering 10 million standard credits. And when the bounty went this high, Sonny was no longer safe, not even when with Corso and his men. It was a matter of time. They all knew.
Sonny helped D'Jok carry things that he had put in his backpacks. Then, after a quick goodbye, they snuck out. D'Jok saw Sonny activate his trackersignal.
«Just a safety measure» he told his son.
«Can't Technoid track it?» D'Jok wondered.
«No, it's a stealth five, unless you know my frequenzy, you won't find me» Sonny said with a smirk.
Soon, father and son reached the ship, and took of towards shiloh..
She had walked in what felt like hours. Still, there was no sign of life. It looked like she had landed somewhere, where no one lived. She tried her holowatch. It seemed to have some signal here.
«Is anyone out there? Please, can anyone help me?»...
Corso was puzzled at the signal. He had turned it on, to keep track of Sonny and D'Jok upon their return to Shiloh. It seemed to be one of the deserted rocks in the archipellago. If there was someone there.. in one way, he could ask Sonny to have a look, but if this was technoid, Sonny would be in grave danger. Corso decided there was only one thing to do.
«Sonny, pick up!» he muttered, as he called his friend and leader...
Sonny was thoughtfull. What Corso had told him, sounded suspicious. But, he had to check it out. Here, in the shiloh archipellago, you could get lost if you didn't know your way. D'Jok looked at his father. Now 28 years old, D'Jok was an adult. Sonny suspected that Maya hadn't told him everything on what had made D'Jok a target for Technoid. Sure, Duke Maddox knew he was his son. But he had not made any attacks on D'Jok for that matter prior. Sonny knew, after they stoped fotball, some of the snowkids, had worked within Technoid, while others oposed Technoid. But, he still relied on the snowkids working within Technoid. Much of the information he had these days, were information dispatched to him from Micro- ice and Thran, the most skilled hackers he had ever seen. Off course, they always dispatched the information through a third party, Clamp, who knew how to inform his old friend without being spotted.
D'Jok had finsihed university, much thanks to him and Maya making it clear he had no choise. An education was important, no matter what profession he choose. But, D'Jok had started underground work as soon as he was out of school, and it worried Sonny. D'Jok was still rough around the edges, he lacked some skills. No to mention the issue of his teams safety. Sonny had interviened several times, when D'Jok had messed things up, and lives could have been lost. Maybe it was just luck, but so far, no one had gotten killed.
«So, what did Corso say?» D'Jok had been silent a long while.
«We'll make a survey, of one of the smaller rocks in the acrhipellago. Corso picked up a signal, it could be a trap, but we 're closer than the Black Manta. We'll take a look, and decide wheter we do anything» Sonny said, as he handed D'Jok the binoculars.
«here, make yourself useful. The rock should be to our left» he told his son.
Knowing how reckless D'Jok could be, Sonny was not about to let his son stear the ship, if he wasn't sure they wouldn't crash.
D'Jok kept looking in the binoculars.
«Dad, there's something there, it looks like a pod has crashed!» D'Jok took the binoculars down.
«Careful D'Jok. Technoid could have set a trap for us» said Sonny.
Rather than answer his father, D'Jok raised the binoculars to his eyes again.
«There's someone There Dad!»
Sonny carefully manouvered the ship closer. D'Jok kept staring.
«Dad, we have to save her!».
«Fine, but we'll be cautious!»
Sonny found a place to land, and carefully sat the pod down. D'Jok was ready to bolt for the person on the ground, when Sonny grabbed his arm, and handed him an oxygenmask.
«This isn't Akillian D'Jok. The air is different. Wear this, till your body adapts».
Both men put oxygenmasks on, and excited the ship.
As soon as they came close, Sonny would be alert with his vapour laser. Years as a pirate had tought him when he need to arm himself, and this was one of them.
D'Jok forgot everything concerning his own safety.
He ran as fast as he could towards the injured person on the ground.
«Dad, it's a girl» he said.
«I can see that D'Jok, is she hurt?» he asked.
D'Jok nodded.
«She seems banged up, from the crash Dad. What do we do?» he asked.
Sonny looked around. It didn't appear to be a technoid ship that had crached. Infact, he had never seen this language it was written in before.
«Take her to the ship. We'll take her to the Shiloh Nebula for questioning».
Then, the girl fluttered her eyes open.
«Where am I?» she whispered
«You're in the outskirts of the Shiloh archipellago» Answered Sonny mildly.
Now that he knew they weren't dealing with Technoid, he had put his laser away.
The girl seemed dazed. But it soon proved worse.
«Who are you?» she asked them.
D'Jok and Sonny exchanged glances.
«You don't know?» said D'Jok.
This couldn't be. Sonny's wanted poster was shown nearly every ten minutes. She couldn't possibly not know who he was.
«No, I don't» she said.
That's when they realised her language was one they didn't know very well either.
Sonny decided to take the bull by the horns.
«You're not from the Zaelion Galaxy, are you?» he asked mildly.
«I.. don't know where I'm from» the girl said.
As the words escaped her lips,tears started rolling down her cheeks.
«Do you know your name?» asked D'Jok. He was staring to grow frustrated, a trait Sonny had decided to get rid of. If D'Jok was to become the leader of the Shiloh pirates, he needed to go through some changes that would make him more aware of the tasks involved with leadership.
«I can't remember» she cried, hiding her face.
Sonny grabbed his son's arm.
«Dad!» D'Jok was surprised.
«I'll take over from here, D'Jok. She is obviously frightened, and alone. There was no one else in the pod».
Sonny crouched down.
«Do you know who I am?» he asked.
She shook her head.
«Dad, she's faking it».
«No D'Jok. She's lost her memory».
Turning back to her, Sonny took her hands.
«We'll take you to Shiloh, you'll be safe there. With the pirates».
«Pirates?» she asked. It seemed to scare her.
«Don't worry, it's not as bad as it sounds» said D'Jok.
«The shiloh pirates are friendly, unless you're with Technoid» said Sonny, hoping to trigger a memory this way.
D'Jok looked at them.
«You can trust my father. He's the leader of the shiloh pirates» said D'Jok.
Sonny nodded.
«We need to introduce ourselves. This is my son, D'Jok Blackbones, the future leader of the pirates. My name is Sonny Blackbones, the current leader of the pirates. Think no bad thoughts of us. You'll soon learn things about me, that will make you doubt me, and the fact that I am wanted. Trust what is in your heart. If you trust me, I will help you. Do you think you can do that?» he asked.
The girl looked at him for a long while. Then, slowly, she took his hand.
«I trust you, with my life, Sonny Blackbones, leader of the pirates».
«Now, we need a name for you» D'Jok smiled.
Sonny was well ahead of him.
«Your pirate name will be Rose Blackbones, a member of my family on Shiloh»..
So, should I bother to continue this story? I would like to hear what you think. Please post a rewiew.